Siskind is a German-Jewish surname meaning "sweet child", thought to have originated during the early nineteenth century period when German officials assigned surnames to Jews.[1] People having this surname include:

  • Aaron Siskind (1903–1991), a renowned American photographer
  • Amy Siskind (born 1965), an American activist and writer
  • Arthur Siskind (born 1938), a lawyer, businessperson, and executive director of the News Corporation
  • Edward Siskind (1886–1955), an American football and basketball coach
  • Jeffrey Mark Siskind, writer of the optimizing batch whole-program Scheme compiler used in the program, Stalin
  • Jeremy Siskind (born 1986), a jazz pianist taught by Sophia Rosoff
  • Martin Siskind, former manager of artist Purvis Young, who successfully petitioned for Young to be declared mentally incompetent
  • Murray Jay Siskind, a fictional character in the novel, White Noise
  • Paul Siskind, composer of the opera The Sailor-Boy and the Falcon, with librettist Alan Steinberg
  • Sarah Siskind (born 1978), an American folk singer and songwriter
  • Scott Siskind (born 1984), American blogger and psychiatrist better known under the pseudonym Scott Alexander

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References

  1. ↑ Elsdon Coles Smith, American Surnames (1986), p. 264.
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